Manchester Homebrew Expo

Manchester Homebrew Expo is coming on Sunday 19th June as part of Manchester Beer Week. Homebrewers from across the region are being invited to serve their wares direct to the public to dispel the myth that homebrew is cheap and nasty boring brown bitter, but is instead actually high quality and tasty and comes in a whole range of styles.

The Beer Nouveau Brewery Tap 75 North Western Street, Manchester will be given over to the brewers to dispense their beers in bottles, cask and keg. The doors will open on the event from noon until 5pm for members of the public who can chat with the people that have brewed the beers about them and home brewing in general.

The Beer List

Bar Number

Name

Beer Description

Homebrew Group

Serving Method

Competition Entry

Availability

Bar 1

Mark

4.5% pale ale with Atlas, Bramling cross and finished with cascade

Macclesfield Homebrew Group

Pin

Yes

Bar 1

Mark

White Lion IPA at around 5.5% with Amarillo, summit, Cascade, citra and East kent goldings

Macclesfield Homebrew Group

Keg

No

Bar 1

Chris

Black IPA brewed with bramling cross and cascade 4.6%

Pin

Yes

Bar 2

Rich

Strawberry ice cream blond

Manchester Homebrew

Keg

Yes

Bar 2

Rich

German pils and/or bourbon barrel brett export stout

Manchester Homebrew

Keg

No

Bar 2

Grahame

American brown ale

Keg

TBC

Bar 2

Grahame

Kolsch

Keg

TBC

Bar 3

Craig

Pale Ale 4.2% hopped with Columbus, Northern Brewer and Mt Hood

Manchester Homebrew

Keg

Yes

Bar 3

Craig

NZ Lager 4.8% hopped with Motueka

Manchester Homebrew

Bottle

No

Bar 3

David

8.5% DIPA hopped with Columbus, Chinook, Amarillo and Mosaic

Manchester Homebrew

Keg

No

Bar 3

David

Special one off bottle or two - Bretted Sorachi Ace BIPA and a Rum Porter

On the Suffering of the World version 1 - bretted stout with tamarind & dates 5.5%

Manchester Homebrew

Bottle

No

*Limited

Bar 4

Keith

Fructusphilia - Damson - kettle soured & bretted 6.5%

Manchester Homebrew

Bottle

No

*Limited

Bar 4

Keith

Uniquely Grim - autumn hedgerow berries - kettle soured & bretted 7%

Manchester Homebrew

Bottle

No

*Limited

Bar 4

Alex

Pale Ale 3.4% abv hopped with target and cascade

Chrolton Homebrew Group

Bottle

Yes

Bar 4

Alex

Stout 4.5% abv hopped with target and bramling cross

Chrolton Homebrew Group

Bottle

Yes

Bar 4

Alex

Porter 7.1% abv hopped with chinook and cascade

Chrolton Homebrew Group

Bottle

No

Bar 4

Dr Rob

Summer-ish, gold-ish, English ale

Manchester Homebrew

Bottle

No

Bar 4

Dr Rob

Mosaic IPA

Manchester Homebrew

Bottle

No

Bar 4

Michael

Pale ale

Manchester Homebrew

Bottle

Yes

Bar 4

Michael

Hefeweizen

Manchester Homebrew

Bottle

Yes

Bar 5

UBREW

Beastmode chocolate milk stout

Bottle

No

Bar 5

UBREW

Heather IPA

Bottle

No

Bar 5

UBREW

End of thyme saison

Bottle

No

* Due to homebrew batch sizes some beers have limited availability.

The Setup

On arrival pickup your pint glass and printed beer list from the glasses bar then follow these simple steps:

Pick the beer you want

Drink/enjoy the beer

Discuss the beer with the homebrewer

On a feedback sheet rate the beer 0-10 and drop into the feedback box

Rinse and repeat

Best in Show Competition

One of the beers will be crowned the best in show. This will be decided solely on the public feedback scores. The beer with the best average rating will earn the homebrewer bragging rights and hopefully a prize from UBREW (prize TBC).

Commercially Viable Brewing Competition

Some of the beers on the day will be eligible for the Commercially Viable Brewing Competition where entrants will be limited in what they can brew while aiming for the elusive “profit margins” on a great beer. Entrants will be given a sheet to fill in with their ingredients which will work out the cost of producing the beer commercially, and drinkers on the day will rate what they think of it. Between these two methods of judging, how much it costs to produce and how much people like it, we’ll be able to work out and announce the winner.

How limited are the ingredients? There are only 24 hops available on the spot market at the moment, and brewers will be limited to using these for the competition. They are:

Atlas

Bramling Cross

Bravo

Cascade

Columbus

Crystal

Dana

Dr Rudi

Eureka

First Gold

Mittlefruh

Hekules

Lubelski

Magnum

Minstrel

Mount Hood

Northern Brewer

Pacific Gem

Pioneer

Progress

Sladek

Sovereign

Target

Whitbred Goldings Variety (WGV)

The Commercially Viable Brewing Competition Prize

The winner of the competition will have the chance to brew their commercially viable recipe with Steve on the Beer Nouveau kit. The brewday will take place the following week and your beer will then sold at the Left Bank Beer Festival as well as other pubs and bars across Manchester. The Left Bank Beer Festival takes place between 28th July & 30th July and is being organised by the Central Manchester CAMRA Branch. They want to ensure us homebrewers are represented. So this is your chance to go commercial with one of your very own recipes.

Get Involved

If you’re a homebrewer and would like to serve your beers at the Expo, or take part in possibly the hardest brewing competition there is, then please get in touch at mancshomebrew@gmail.com. We’re looking for you to come along and serve your beers to members of the public and get first hand feedback from drinkers, they may not pick up on subtle technical faults, but they’re sure to tell you what they think!